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The Clarke County Board of Supervisors recently honored Roger “Big John” Earl Robinson in the board room. Roger passed away . . .

We Did It! STAC exceeds $20k goal!

The 5th Annual Clarke County Standing Together Against Cancer (STAC) event was held Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Archusa Creek . . .

Jail Docket May 2022

The arrest records are published weekly and information in the records is obtained directly from the Clarke County Sheriff’s Department . . .

Shubuta Alderman run-off election June 7

The Town of Shubuta will have a run-off election for the vacant seat for Board of Alderman on Tuesday, June . . .

Opinion: Ukrainian war is not the reason for current inflation

I read an online Northside Sun Opinion article today written by Patrick Taylor. He lists several causes of our current . . .

A person holds a program for the funeral service for Aaron Salter Jr. at The Chapel on Crosspoint on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Getzville, N.Y. Salter Jr. was killed in the Buffalo supermarket shooting on May 14. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

3 more funerals for Buffalo victims in week of goodbyes
Fri,05/27/22-12:24AM, 18 Reads
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A mother and sister known for baking decadent pastries. A restaurant worker buying his 3-year-old's birthday cake. A father of six who worked as a school bus aide.
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Lucy Shelton Caswell, founding curator of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Museum, examines memorabilia tied to the comic strip "Peanuts" on Friday, May 20, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Caswell curated a new exhibit, "Celebrating Sparky: Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts," one of a series of exhibits this year commemorating the centenary of the birth of Schulz. (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos)

A good man: Exhibits honor 'Peanuts' creator Schulz on 100th
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AND PATRICK ORSAGOS - Associated Press
Fri,05/27/22-12:19AM, 21 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a series of “Peanuts” comic strips that ran in mid-April of 1956, Charlie Brown grasps the string of his kite, which was stuck in what came to be known in the long-running strip as the “kite-eating tree.”
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Dan Fischer, of Newport, R.I., carries his surfboard on Easton's Beach, in Newport, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Fischer, 42, created the One Last Wave Project in January 2022 to use the healing power of the ocean to help families coping with a loss, as it helped him following the death of his father. Fischer places the names of lost loved ones onto his surfboards, then takes the surfboards out into the ocean as a way to memorialize the loved ones in a place that was meaningful to them. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Surfer helps families honor loved ones with 'one last wave'
By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT - Associated Press
Fri,05/27/22-12:14AM, 24 Reads
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Surfing is no longer a solitary pursuit for Dan Fischer. When he catches a wave along the shores of Rhode Island, he looks down at a surfboard covered with the names of people who have died, but who shared his love of the ocean.

His father's name is the guiding light at the top.
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre, has he arrives to speak to the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, Friday, April 26, 2019, in Indianapolis. The National Rifle Association is going ahead with its annual meeting in Houston just days after the shooting massacre at a Texas elementary school that left 19 children and 2 teachers dead. With protests planned outside, former President Donald Trump and other leading GOP figures, including South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, will address attendees. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

NRA opens gun convention in Texas after school massacre
By JUAN LOZANO AND DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Thu,05/26/22-11:29PM, 16 Reads
HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooti
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